Financial Management

A beggar to another beggar: I had a grand dinner at Taj yesterday.

How? The other beggar asked.

First beggar: Some one gave me a Rs 100/- note yesterday.

I went to Taj and ordered dinner worth Rs 1000/- and enjoyed the dinner. When the bill came, I said, I had no money.The Taj manager called the policeman, and handed me over to him.

I gave the Rs 100/- note to the police fellow, and he set me free.

Friendship Day

Just few hours before the end of this friendship day ... latest friend added .... by the way she happens to be my 200th friend on orkut and one of the two persons who had sent a personalized Happy friendship day message. Other one was of course my child hood pal who happens to be the oldest friend of mine to date .. don't mistake his age ... it is the age of our friendship that falls short of our age by probably 7 years.

If one has to value something over oneself it is friends..... and I feel friends are the people who ensure that one grows as a person and develops a personality. You need them to take you through difficulties and cheer your achievements. They are the only ones who knows all about you and still like you. And I think it is the day we honour all the friends who had really helped us to discover ourselves and understand our strengths and limitations.

I am happy that I have a small set of good friends and this very feeling makes me proud. By God's grace I hope I make a few more friends in this lifetime!!!

Best gets Best

Though its boring to see the same teams playing each other umpteenth time in last three years . There is one feat which will make into the record books and will stay inimitable for a long long time

Yesterday leading wicket taker in the history of the game gets the wicket of the leading run scorer in the history of the game ... I would be really surprised to see that this event will ever happen again in the history of Cricket in centuries to come... Unless of course Murali cancels his plans of retiring or makes a improbable come back to Test Cricket before the batting great retires from the game

Love Maths

Math tells us of the 3 saddest love stories:

Of parallel lines, who were never meant to meet.
Of tangent lines, who were together once but then parted forever.
And of asymptotes, who could only get closer and closer, but could never be together.

Traffic jam ... Houseful

Wow... Reached home !!! But daily I reach home why the wow? As usual we left office and reached Churchgate to catch the return local to Andheri. But today the scene was different - motormen went on strike for reasons known to all from ages. And this is a completely new situation - never seen Mumbai without local train. Then the option was to travel 40 km by road in the heavy traffic of mumbai and this journey will definitely as big as Hum Aapke hai kaun or Jodha Akbar. Wait are we talking about the length of the movies? Now why not watch a movie.... nice thought .... four of us went to a movie theatre and watched Houseful ... Came out of the hall after some 3 hours and took a cab back home and reached home in less than the time a hockey match is played with a sense of truimph over the challenge posed in front of us. While, many of them would have experienced a big time chaos caused by traffic jams in Mumbai we had a good time laughing at a mindless comedy made and reached home easily. But now its too late for today and I hope that we need not go to work tomorrow and take a long awaited break.

Trains, Rains and Drains

Sea change is one word I can say when I moved from Serene Campus in Garden City to the most busiest city on the coast of Arabian Sea. Coming to the city for the third time probably for a longer stay this time and a tougher time this time. Induction to the city life is no less than first week at IIMA ... Daily travel of 40 kms from quarters to office seemed to be even longer due to the traffic and rains. Rains did not waste any time in greeting us. .. From the day one they are there to ensure that I have no illusions about the toughness of life here ... Trains never fail to remind the population of the country and apart from crowded trains one more common thing is potholes and drains on the roads.. Wait did I call them as roads ... should I really call them roads ... till I get the definition of road right may be I can call them so.

So next few days it will be trains. rains and drains. In for a challenge!!!

Subtle difference

This is a story from a great person. Once a devotee went to this great person and asked him to explain the differences between Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. The great man thought for a while and replied as follows – “Lord Rama always smiled before saying anything where as Lord Krishna smiled after saying everything – if Rama’s smile ensured that the person does not really bother to listen savoring his pleasant smile Krishna’s smile ensured that the person forgets what he actually listened before this ecstatic smile. Another difference is Lord Rama always told that he is a common man and was always away from the masses where as Lord Krishna always said that he is God and has always been with masses. Lord Rama ensured that he lead the people by example as a great leader in the final battle with Ravana where as Lord Krishna has managed the entire Kurukshetra war without actually participating in it”. The devotee was amazed by this answer and was happy to understand the subtle differences through this great person.